CM Storm Trooper Case Review

The Top Panel

The top panel of the CM Storm Trooper has a rubber coating. One of the highlights of this case is the presence of a carrying handle, which is fastened directly to the steel frame of the case, so it won’t break while you are carrying your computer. The handle itself is also made of steel, with a rubber cover around it.

Figure 10: Top panel

Figure 11: The handle is attached directly to the metallic frame of the case

The top panel comes with a 200 mm fan (Xin Changfeng DF2003012SEMN, 1,000 rpm, 23 dBA), which can be installed on the fan controller. It is important to understand that 200 mm is the distance between the screws; the fan blade actually measures 190 mm. This fan doesn’t glow when turned on.

You can replace the top fan with two 120 mm or 140 mm models or an internal radiator for liquid cooling solutions. The case comes with an air filter for this fan, which can be easily removed from the rear panel.

The case comes with two USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.0 ports, one eSATA port, and the traditional audio jacks. The USB 3.0 ports use an internal connector, so you don’t need to connect them to the motherboard rear panel; however, you have to make sure your motherboard has a USB 3.0 header available. It also has a six-speed fan controller and a button for turning on or off the LEDs of the fans attached to the hard drive cages. This fan controller has only one channel, meaning that all fans connected to it will spin at the same speed. This device beeps every time you increase or decrease the speed, and emits three beeps when you have reached the minimum or the maximum speed.

Figure 12: Buttons and connectors